India’s influence in Africa is growing. Elaine Porteous, SmartProcurement Associate Editor and Procurement advisor discusses how to make the most of this partnership. Indian companies are increasingly investing in Africa. “India will invest US$1,5-trillion in the next five years,” declared Anand Sharma, India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, at a recent conference in Nigeria on […]
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Strategic Supply Chain Management (SCM) is designed to strategically equip Chief Purchasing Officers (CPOs) or Heads of Supply Chain to adequately deliver and ensure that their organisations realise maximum value. Properly positioned, CPOs can fully contribute to organisational profitability by realigning the procurement strategy and objectives to the corporate strategy and objectives, Ronald Mlalazi (MCIPS),
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Hollard has appointed INCE Outsourced Communications as their single managed service (SMS) provider for Print Management Services, Trevor Bennett, Divisional MD of INCE Outsourced Communications, told SmartProcurement. Yogan Naidu, Commodity Manager at Hollard said he expects the SMS solution to streamline Hollard’s print spend and provide meaningful management information regarding print spend within the company,
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After seven months of proven savings, a South African Financial Services (FS) company of more than 3 000 employees has projected annual savings in excess of 40% in paper and associated printing and faxing costs, Rethink Consulting’s Francois Bedeker, tells SmartProcurement. The saving is the result of the firm’s partnership with procurement optimisation organisation Rethink
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Organisations that have travel driven by Procurement professionals have a much better ability to do demand management than other functions, most notably when travel is overseen by human resources, who are pretty weak in terms of demand management, says Christa Manning, director of Expert Insights research for American Express Business Travel Global Advisory Services. Manning
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It has been estimated unofficially that R30-billion per year, 20% of the overall government procurement budget of R150-billion, is being lost or is disappearing into a black hole of corruption. Much of the loss is through rip-offs, overpricing and the failure of contractors to deliver on their promises, says Carol Paton, of the Financial Mail,
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Economies in southern Africa will need skilled professionals to continue their growth. Andrew Hillman, Director of Commerce Edge Academy, tells SmartProcurement how purchasers can sustain their career development in the region.
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The seasonally adjusted Kagiso PMI experienced a third consecutive decline during May, falling by another 4.1 index points to reach 51.1. The Kagiso website reports that while the level of the index continues to indicate that the factory sector is expanding, the latest reading is the most declined since November 2009 and suggests that the
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The Institute of Operations Management (IOM) in the United Kingdom has added IOM Africa to its growing regional network, under the presidency of SmartProcurement editorial board member Douglas Boateng. Through the IOM Africa Region, operations and supply chain management professionals throughout Africa will benefit from the increased availability of world class and practical education, training
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The run-up to the 2010 Fifa World Cup has been a challenging time for the African supply chain and operations profession, but what happens after the event, when the hype has died down? “It’s this question that led to the selection of the 32nd Annual SAPICS 2010 Conference theme: ‘The beat goes on’,” explains Reuben
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